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Banded carpet shell

Polititapes rhomboides

3,253Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
11Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan79
Feb34
Mar110
Apr148
May186
Jun223
Jul436
Aug1,089
Sep471
Oct202
Nov131
Dec41

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland19
2Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland7
3Pembrokeshire Wales6
4Orkney Islands Scotland5
5Ards and North Down Northern Ireland2
6Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland2
7Cornwall England1
8Devon England1
9Argyll and Bute Scotland1
10Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland1
11North Ayrshire Scotland1
215 England660 Scotland85 Wales93 Northern Ireland2 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 11 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,253
Peak month
August
Counties with records
11
Scientific name
Polititapes rhomboides
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,119
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Venerida
Family
Veneridae
Genus
Polititapes
Name with authority
Polititapes rhomboides (Pennant, 1777)
Described
1777
Contributing datasets
42

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q46075791 · GBIF 8217607